Education reform: Public schools don't need grade ratings

10:34 PM,
Apr. 15, 2013

Written by

Stephen Kleinsmith - Nixa

StudentsFirst formed in 2010 as a grass-roots group and works to lobby elected officials, craft legislative bills and back political candidates. This is an "out of state" group trying to change Missouri public education policies.

It appears as though Sen. Mike Parson, R-Bolivar, has taken the bait and is following their lead by crafting legislation that would require the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to issue Missouri public and charter schools annual report cards with letter-grade ratings.

We do not need StudentsFirst's influence on the future of our students in ...